Honoring Dakota Project in Partnership with Red Wing Public School District, Red Wing Arts, and Prairie Island Indian Community are proud to announce the first He Mni Can Round Dance.

The Indigenous Youth Round Dance uplifts arts and cultural heritage by offering an immersive cultural arts experience rooted in Dakota traditions. Guided by culture bearers, youth learn songs, dances, and event leadership while sharing them with peers and the broader community.

Open to the public, the event increases access to Indigenous arts, celebrates heritage, and fosters unity, understanding, and collective healing.

4:00 pm Pipe ceremony & Feed
5: 00 - 7:00 pm Round Dance

All ages are welcomed and the event is free to the public!

Round dance is originally a healing dance, we hold hands and dance to the left in the same direction of the sun's orbit, this dance brings relatives together in unity.